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Oct 16, 2018 08:35:26   #
tracs101 Loc: Huntington NY
 
speters wrote:
Good for a snapshot, but for a final, I would try to make it more unique! Don't make it so dry, let your phantasy more part of it!


I agree. Needs some pizzazz!

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Oct 16, 2018 08:52:03   #
cheineck Loc: Hobe Sound, FL
 
Group the items together !!!!! Overlap !!!!! Make a unit, not three separate items. Look at some magazine ads and you'll get the gist of what I'm talking about. Keep at it though!!!

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Oct 16, 2018 09:10:30   #
Dik
 
Dik wrote:
Can you imagine either Coke or Bacardi using this photo for an ad? I don't think so.
How many shots did you take to get this far?
How many times did you show the shot to someone and then reshoot, with improvements?

Reshoot before submitting!

Use the longest lens you have in order to get the maximum working distance. The perspective will be better, (tops and bottoms will be closer to parallel).

Make sure your camera is square to the back edge of the background or your background horizon and your liquid horizons won't match (that's a problem in your shot).

Lower the camera so the center of the lens is at the same height as the word "Bacardi", then tilt the camera up enough to encompass the view desired, and straighten the verticals in PP.

Rotate the Coke bottle so Coke is centered.

Move the Coke bottle to the right of the Bacardi so the picture reads as Bacardi & Coke, rather than Coke & Bacardi. Keep part of the Coke bottle behind the Bacardi bottle.
If you can get part of the Coke label to read through the rum, that would be great.

Prep the Coke bottle so that it looks cold. Mask the bottle at the liquid line, then spray light coats of matte lacquer or dulling spray until the bottle looks lightly frosted. After it dries, use an eyedropper to apply Karo clear syrup to simulate large water drops on the bottle, and a fine mist spray of water just prior to shooting will complete the "cold look".
Adding a few ice chips and some condensation runoff at the bottom of the Coke bottle would be worth another grade upgrade.

Position the shot glass in front of and covering parts of both bottles.
Instead of the plain white background wall, I would print a black to white gradient on matte paper and use that, white at the top. The reflection will be light in front and dark in back, concealing the horizon line.
Can you imagine either Coke or Bacardi using this ... (show quote)


I just noticed the texture in the two bottles. The rum bottle will benefit greatly from black cards placed in front of the background, leaving only enough white to fill the camera frame, That will thicken the lines at the sides of the bottle, and bring out some texture. I'd have to see the Coke bottle in its new position to advise on it.
BTW, you might want to add focus stacking to the mix.

You should be able to do all the above in less than an hour. Don't say there's not enough time to improve...

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Oct 16, 2018 11:15:04   #
KTJohnson Loc: Northern Michigan
 
When I was in the U.S. Navy stationed in Scotland that was the locals favorite drink. We referred to it as a "bloke & Coke".

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Oct 16, 2018 15:56:22   #
fourg1b2006 Loc: Long Island New York
 
Seems to be a nice presentation.

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Oct 16, 2018 20:32:47   #
ab7rn Loc: Portland, Oregon
 
I can buy 151 in my local liquor store. Try to see if you can find some Demarara. It is a south American rum, and was used by the British Navy.

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Oct 16, 2018 21:22:23   #
donrosshill Loc: Delaware & Florida
 
I hope you don't mind a bit of critique.
The image is boring. You need to improve the overall composition, add something that ads relativity like a lime being cut, a glass a cutting board with a lime being cut, keep it in the background and the bottle in sharp focus in the front.
Remove the cap and perhaps poring into the glass, anything that ads to the reason for showing the product.

Please give it a new try and let us all know.
Thanks: Don

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Oct 17, 2018 01:13:24   #
Murray Loc: New Westminster
 
DanielB wrote:
Forgot the lime


And the coke.

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